AMERICAN KAMACURAS ----------------------------CONTROLS----------------------------- SPACE=FLAP THE WINGS -------------------------DESCRIPTION---------------------------- GENERAL OVERVIEW AND ORIGINMOVIE TITLE: THE GIANT MANTIS (1957)ORIGIN: A VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN THE SOUTH SEAS ALTERED THE POLAR ICE CAPS, AWAKENING A GIANT PREHISTORIC PRAYING MANTIS TRAPPED IN SUSPENDED ANIMATION WITHIN THE ARCTIC ICE.DIET: VORACIOUS CARNIVORE THAT PREYS ON HUMAN BEINGS AND AMERICAN MILITARY PERSONNEL AT THE DEW LINE WEATHER STATIONS.PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIONESTIMATED SIZE: THE CREATURE IS AN ABSOLUTE TITAN, MEASURING AROUND 200 FEET (60 METERS) IN LENGTH WITH A MASSIVE WINGSPAN OF 150 FEET.WEIGHT: PROMOTED IN MOVIE POSTERS AS "A THOUSAND TONS OF HORROR!"ANATOMY: IT FEATURES A MASSIVE TRIANGULAR HEAD WITH LARGE COMPOUND EYES, TWO ENORMOUS SERRATED FORELEGS USED TO CRUSH BUILDINGS AND MILITARY VEHICLES, AND A HEAVILY ARMORED EXOSKELETON THAT MAKES IT VIRTUALLY IMMUNE TO CONVENTIONAL BULLETS.ABILITIES: UNLIKE MANY REAL-WORLD MATURED FEMALE MANTISES, THIS PREHISTORIC MONSTER CAN FLY ACROSS ENORMOUS DISTANCES, ALLOWING IT TO TRAVEL RAPIDLY FROM THE ARCTIC UNTIL REACHING THE UNITED STATES.BEHAVIOR AND ATTACK PATHBEHAVIOR: IT INITIALLY STALKS IN THE FREEZING DARKNESS, DESTROYING RADAR STATIONS AND PLANES. AS IT FLIES SOUTH IN SEARCH OF A WARMER CLIMATE, IT SPREADS TERROR ACROSS NORTH AMERICA.FAMOUS LANDMARKS: IN ITS MOST ICONIC SCENE, THE GIANT INSECT CLIMBS UP THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT IN WASHINGTON D.C.DEATH: THE MILITARY CORNERS THE BEAST INSIDE THE MANHATTAN TUNNEL IN NEW YORK CITY, WHERE IT IS FINALLY DEFEATED AND KILLED USING LETHAL CHEMICAL GAS AND EXPLOSIVES.BEHIND THE SCENES SPECSEFFECTS: UNIVERSAL PICTURES BUILT A HUGE 200-FOOT PAPlER-MACHÉ HYDRAULIC MODEL, SMALLER WALK-AND-FLY MINIATURE MODELS, AND USED MACRO SHOTS OF A REAL LIVE PRAYING MANTIS FOR THE MONUMENT CLIMBING SCENE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNIVERSAL FROM IRIS ORATORIA (GIANT MANTIS) AKIRA IFUKUBE FROM THE MUSIC AI FROM THE DESCRIPTION ME FROM THE MODEL
